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This website has been developed and maintained by Rev Sandy Boyce (Deacon), a Uniting Church in Australia Minister (Deacon). It may be a help to people planning worship services.

Gratitude

Posted on November 25, 2020 by admin

At this time of the year, as we come to the end of November the USA prepares to enter the season of Thanksgiving. Although it is particular to the USA, it’s also celebrated in different forms (and for different reasons) … Continue reading →

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COCU2B.Advent 2B.

Posted on November 20, 2020 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. See also Advent COCU2A and COCU2C Readings Isaiah 40:1-11 A word of comfort for God’s people, because a herald is announcing the coming of God to his people … Continue reading →

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COCU1B.Advent 1B

Posted on November 19, 2020 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. See general Advent resources here. ReadingsIsaiah 64:1-9:A prayer for God to come and display God’s might as in the past. Also, a confession that, while God welcomes those … Continue reading →

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Transgender Day of Remembrance, 20th Nov

Posted on November 18, 2020 by admin

In 2020, 350 murders of trans people have been reported, with 59 lost to suicide. There are countless unreported cases, and the numbers do not include the continent of Africa, or China. Today we remember and mourn their loss. We … Continue reading →

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Advent – general resources

Posted on November 18, 2020 by admin

The Power of Yes (new resource 2025) What do you fear (new resource 2025 from Sanctified Art) Love life – an Advent and Christmas journey (John van de Laar, Sacredise, 2020) (Free sample here)  Loving Sustainer and Comforter, We hear … Continue reading →

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Kristallnacht: “Night of Broken Glass” 9 Nov 1938

Posted on November 1, 2020 by admin

On the evening of November 9-10, 1938, the German Reich unleashed a pogrom against the Jews, burning down synagogues and smashing the glass fronts of Jewish shops in Berlin and all big cities in Germany and Austria. The pogrom was … Continue reading →

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COCU67A.Reign of Christ

Posted on October 22, 2020 by admin

ReadingsEzekiel 34: 11-16, 20-24Psalm 100Ephesians 1: 15-23Matthew 25: 31-46 See also Reign of Christ B and Reign of Christ C

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International Pronouns Day

Posted on October 21, 2020 by admin

International Pronouns Day began in 2018 and “seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the wrong pronouns … Continue reading →

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COCU66A

Posted on October 15, 2020 by admin

ReadingsJudges 4:1-7Psalm 1231 Thes 5: 1-11Matt 25: 14-30

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COCU65A

Posted on October 8, 2020 by admin

Readings Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25: Joshua challenges the people to turn from their idols and serve only God, and they commit to doing so. Psalm 78:1-7: A call for people to hear a message of God’s greatness and goodness, remembering how … Continue reading →

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